When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

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111 min - Drama - 25 June 1963 (USA)

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This is the story of Mama, a.k.a. Keiko, a middle-aged geisha who must choose to either get married or buy a bar of her own... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview:
	Hideko Takamine	...	Keiko Yashiro
	Masayuki Mori	...	Nobuhiko Fujisaki
	Reiko Dan	...	Junko Inchihashi
	Tatsuya Nakadai	...	Kenichi Komatsu, the manager
	Daisuke Katô	...	Matsukichi Sekine
	Ganjirô Nakamura	...	Goda
	Eitarô Ozawa	...	Minobe
	Keiko Awaji	...	Yuri
	Jun Tatara
	Yû Fujiki
	Masao Oda
	Ken Mitsuda
	Chikako Hosokawa
	Sadako Sawamura

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This is the story of Mama, a.k.a. Keiko, a middle-aged geisha who must choose to either get married or buy a bar of her own. Her family hounds her for money, her customers for her attention, and she is continually in debt. The life of a geisha is examined as well as the way in which the system traps and sometimes kills those in it. Written by PastaQueen

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Drama

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

25 June 1963 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Cuando una mujer sube la escalera See more »

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

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Toho Company See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Perspecta Sound encoding) (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki (original title)

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